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CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
• Developing Your Game the Right Way • Setting Your Goals • Practicing Pool
CHAPTER 2: GETTING INSTRUCTION
• How to Select Your Instructor • How to Be a Great Student • The Cost of an Education • Advice: The Good and the Bad • Finding a Mentor for Your Game
CHAPTER 3: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• Pool from the Ground Up • The Three Master Skills • The Little Things Make a Big Game • How to Really Use English
CHAPTER 4: CHANGING YOUR GAME
• Breaking Bad Habits • Managing Change • Change Breeds Enthusiasm • All About Slumps • Stroke Keys: Your Short-term Solutions
CHAPTER 5: SECRETS TO BIG IMPROVEMENT
• The Big Secret • Chain Reactions • The Quantum Leap
CHAPTER 6: YOUR GAME
• Writing Your Story • Your Most Prized Possession is Your Game • Your Basic Nature • Mastering Pool • The Keys to Consistency • Let the Trend Be Your Friend • How Well You Play Versus Your Results • Dealing with Missed Shots
CHAPTER 7: KNOWLEDGE IS POOL POWER
• Learning by Watching the Best • Pool on the Tube • Tips on Video Taping Your Game • Getting the Most from Books & Tapes • Memory Power
CHAPTER 8: EVALUATING YOUR GAME
• Seven Definitions of Your Game • Grading Your Current Level of Play • You Versus the Competition • Your High Run: The Straight Pool Test • Balancing Your Game • Physics and an Eye for Pool • When to Buy a New Cue • The Eye of an Eagle • Your Winning Percentage
CHAPTER 9: BASICS Of COMPETITION
• Entering the Real World of Pool • Choosing a Format for Your Game • Tournaments = Low Risk, High Reward • Matching Your Game to the Competition • (jetting a Jump on a New Season • Bar Box Billiards
CHAPTER 10: PREPARING FOR BATTLE
• Bringing Your Game to a Peak • When Not to Play One-Pocket • Scouting Reports Can Give You the Edge • Evaluating the Playing Conditions
CHAPTER 11: PLAYING UNDER THE HEAT
• Pressure Proofing Your game • You Gotta Have Heart • One Shot at a Time • Dead Stroke • Total Concentration • Playing with Confidence • Anger
CHAPTER 12: WINNING TECHNIQUES
• Winning Without Your "A" Game • Using Feedback to Elevate Your Game • How to Use Your Sitting Time Wisely • Time-outs Can Change the Momentum
CHAPTER 13: HOW TO THINK LIKE A PLAYER
• The Mind of a Pool Player • Putting Opponents in the Proper Perspective • Shark Proofing Your Game • The Value of Experience • Never Give Up • Effective Crowd Management
CHAPTER 14: ALL ABOUT WINNING AND LOSING
• Goals and Expectations Should Fit the Competition • How Winning Can Improve Your Game • Winners Learn from Losing • Putting Your Matches in the Proper Perspective The Magic Formula for Winning Tournaments The Rolls: The Luck Factor in Pool
CHAPTER 15: PLAYING FOR THE CASH
• Wagering Sensibly on Pool • The Art of Handicapping Pool • Some Perspectives on Spotting • Backing Pool Games for Fun ... and Profit? • How Tempo Affects the Time of Possession
CHAPTER 16: LEAGUE POOL
• An Introduction to League Pool • Putting Together a Winning Team • Choosing the Right League • Choosing the Right Home Room • Setting the Teams Goals • Achieving Team Unity • Every Teammate Has a Role to Play • Giving Your Best Effort on League Night • The Nationals at Las Vegas
CHAPTER 17: PLAYING POOL WITH CLASS
CHAPTER 18: YOUR JOURNEY
• Your Life in Pool • Questions to Improve Your Journey • Every Days a New Day • Drafting Your Laws of Pool • Choosing Your Home Room • Out on the Road • Pool Ages You Gracefully
CHAPTER 19: ENJOYING POOL
• Why it's So Easy to Love Pool • All of the Pool Room is a Stage • Talking a Great Game • Listing Your Pool Pleasures • Your Definition of Fun • Freewheeling • Happiness is Your Pool Game • Eliminate the Negatives - Now • Music Can Elevate Your Play • Your Gallery of Memorable Shots • Time Management • The Games that You Play • Retaining Your Zest for Pool • What the Game Means to You • Moments of Pool Magic • The Sounds of Spheres in Motion • Pool is a Book Lover's Dream • Pool on the Silver Screen
CHAPTER 20: POOL PEOPLE
• Great Players • Geniuses of Pool • Old Timers • Friends and Acquaintances • Junior Pool Builds Character • The Rogues of Pool